Mnangagwa to launch a fleet of additional Zupco buses next week

President Mnangagwa next week will be launching a fleet of buses that has arrived in the country from China.

Addressing hundreds of Domboshava residents at Showgrounds yesterday during this month's clean-up campaign, President Mnangagwa said Domboshava would also be allocated more Zupco buses to service the area when the next batch arrives next week.

"We have secured buses, some are coming from Belarus, China and South Africa and those that are coming in at the moment are from South Africa.

"Next week will be launching a fleet of other buses that have arrived in the country and while our focus has been on urban areas we will ensure that from the fleet that we will launch, some will service rural routes  including here," President Mnangagwa said.

He also called on the local authority in the area to ensure that there are planned settlements that would make it easy to provide services like water and sewer reticulation.

"I understand the area is supposed to have 20 000 residents but now has more than 80 000. This means the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing should look into the issue so that essential services like police stations, clinics and hospitals and Government administrative offices are in place," he said.